Centos 4.4 and Linux Client alpha 1.12.3.6

Hi

Has anyone got the latest alpha (Linux Client alpha 1.12.3.6) to run on CentOS 4.4 Linux?

I have just downloaded it for the first time and get the following message when I try to start it from the command line as root:

2006-11-13T10:16:52Z INFO: Initializing window...
2006-11-13T10:16:52Z INFO: createContext, fullscreen=0 size=800x600
2006-11-13T10:16:52Z INFO: createContext: creating window 800x600x32
2006-11-13T10:16:52Z INFO: createContext: window creation failure. SDL: Couldn't find matching GLX visual
2006-11-13T10:16:52Z INFO: destroyContext begins
2006-11-13T10:16:52Z INFO: shutdownGL begins
2006-11-13T10:16:52Z INFO: SDL_QuitSS/VID begins
2006-11-13T10:16:52Z INFO: Creating a dialog because we're in windowed mode and GTK is happy.
2006-11-13T10:16:57Z INFO: Skipping quitCursors: mWindow already gone.
2006-11-13T10:16:57Z INFO: destroyContext begins
2006-11-13T10:16:57Z INFO: shutdownGL begins
2006-11-13T10:16:57Z INFO: SDL_QuitSS/VID begins
2006-11-13T10:16:57Z WARNING: LLWindowManager::create() : Error creating window.
2006-11-13T10:16:57Z WARNING: Unable to create window, be sure screen is set at 32-bit color in Control Panels->Display->Settings
2006-11-13T10:16:57Z INFO: remove_marker_file()

No window appears at all. I have 32 bit colour set in the desktop. Any idea what I am doing wrong?

Thanks

Clive

Backup your existing xorg.conf.

Then, try adding this line to the "Device" block in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf:

 DefaultFbBPP 32 

The result should look something like this

Section "Device"
          ... some lines like Identifier and Driver ...
          DefaultFbBPP 32
          ... more lines ...
EndSection

Just add the new line as the last line in the block before the EndSection line and you should be fine.

Exit your X session, and completely restart X. CTRL-ALT-BKSP, pkill gdm, init3 then init 5, or even a complete reboot can do this.

Please let me know if this helps.

If it doesn't, *restore your previous xorg.conf* and restart X again.
If the suggested line does not help, don't leave it in, even if it doesn't seem to hurt anything.

Hi

I've tried modifying Xorg.conf as follows:


Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "ati"
DefaultFbBPP 32
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "ATI Mach64"
EndSection

If I try to start X it simply says that:

DefaultFbBPP is not a valid keyword in this section

Thanks anyway

Clive

Hi

I've got SL Alpha to successfully open the SL window on the desktop on another Linux box with a different h/w specification.

The previous problem must have been due to an incompatible graphics card.

The only problem now is that some of the graphics in world "flash" (for want of a better word). Some graphics are fine, others simply don't seem to render fully.

Has anyone else come across this?

Thanks

Clive